Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...offensive, and his first job included evaluating a request from the generals for 200,000 more troops. For two weeks, he examined all the angles with the same care that had made him one of Washington's most successful lawyers. Finally, he decided that a further buildup was madness. A subsequent trip to Saigon confirmed his suspicion that South Viet Nam's government wanted no part of a peace that would oblige them to risk political concessions and curtail the comforts of U.S. military protection and cash...
...seeds of today's trouble were sown three years ago. In 1965, Lyndon Johnson decided that the nation could simultaneously support the Viet Nam buildup and the Great Society. Critics insisted that such policies would push up prices unless taxes were raised. Johnson refused to propose higher taxes. Such a move would almost certainly have prompted Congress to cut back some of his favorite spending programs. Later, faced with soaring federal deficits, Johnson changed his mind and urged a tax increase. But Congress dallied for 18 months-and thus lost an opportunity to halt inflation before it took deep...
...DEFENSE SPENDING. If Nixon insists on a large-scale buildup of military strength to close what he has called the security gap, he will likely run into heavy opposition, particularly in the Senate...
...alarming buildup of U.S.S.R. military force in the Mideast reflects U.S. ineptitude as much as Russian strength. Given our NATO treaty arrangements with Turkey and that nation's stranglehold on Soviet entry to the Mediterranean, it is hard to believe that imaginative U.S. policymakers could not take counteractions (e.g., an American "presence" in the Black Sea) that would give the Russian Bear a severe case of twisted tail...
Since auto insurance recently became mandatory, 200 companies have begun doing $67 million worth of business a year. Auto advertising is also increasing. Everywhere there is a big buildup of service stations. The country does not have enough first-class roads and is undertaking an expensive program to build 8,000 miles of highway. But until these roads are completed, mammoth slowdowns will persist. On one sunny Friday, the rush of cars from Sāo Paulo to the beaches resulted in a 50-mile traffic backup...